Samples
of Paul Stought's Systems

Portul, Loosud and Ipifuny, have several versions of each that
differ only in a few spellings related to: uu, v and dh. Good, guud;
undur, vndur; furthur, fvrthur, fvrdhur.

I have stopped working on Reed-Rite since I have decided I
don't like the use of e in schwa positions: paded, faesez, leter.
Portul is almost the same as Reed-Rite, though RR looks a little more
like traditional spelling. The difference is not significant enough in
my opinion to justify the added complications of RR.

THE EMPURUR'Z NU CLOEZ

THE
EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES

By
Hans Christian Andersen

A
portion of the story transcribed in Ipifuny-oo

Oo
represents the oo in good andfood.

Meny
yirz ugo, ther wuz an Empurur, hu wuz so exesivly fond uv nu cloez,
that he spent ol hiz mvny in dres. He did not trvbul himself in the
leest ubout hiz soeljurz; nor did he ker tu go eethur tu the theutur or
the chaes, exept for the opurtoonutyz then ufordud him for displaying
hiz nu cloez. He had a difurunt soot for eech our uv the day; and az uv
eny vthur king or empurur, wun iz ucvstumd tu say, "he iz siting in
counsul," it wuz olwaez sed uv him, "The Empurur iz siting in hiz
wordroeb." Tiem past meruly in the larj toun wich wuz hiz caputul;
straenjurz urievd evry day at the cort. Wun day, two roegz, coling
themselvz weevurz, maed ther upiruns. Thay gaev out that thay nu how tu
weev stufs uv the moest buetuful cvlurz and ilaburut paturnz, the cloez
manyufacshurd frum wich shood hav the wvndurful propurty uf rimaening
invizubul tu evrywun hu wuz unfit for the ofus he held, or hu wuz
extrorduneruly simpul in carructur. "Theez must, indeed, be splendud
cloez!" thot the Empurur. "Had I such a soot, I miet at wuns fiend out
wot men in my relmz ar unfit for ther ofus, and olso be aebul tu
distingwish the wiez frum the foolish! This stuf must be woevun for me
imeedeutly." And he cozd larj sumz uv mvny tu be givun tu boeth the
weevurz in ordur that thay miet bigin ther wurk durectly. So the two
pritendud weevurz set up two loomz, and ufectud tu wurk very bizuly,
tho in realuty thay did nvthing at ol. Thay askt for the moest delicut
silk and the pyoorust goeld thred; poot boeth intu ther oen napsaks;
and then cuntinued ther pritendud wurk at the empty loomz until laet at
niet.

In
the buuzum uv wun uv thoez spaeshus coevz wich indent the eesturn shor
uv the Hudsun, at that brod expanshun uv the rivur dinomunaetud by the
aenchunt Duch navugaeturz the Tapun Ze*, and wer thay olwaez prooduntly
shortund sael and implord the prutecshun uv St. Niculus** wen thay
crost, ther liez a smol marcut toun or ruurul port, wich by sum iz cold
Greenzburg*, but wich iz mor jenuruly and propurly noen by the naem uv
Tarry Toun. This naem wuz givun, we ar toeld, in formur dayz, by the
guud houswievz uv the ujaesunt cuntry, frum the inveturut prupensuty uv
ther huzbundz tu lingur ubout the vilij tavurn on marcut dayz. Be that
uz it may, I du not vouch for the fact, but mirly udvurt tu it, for the
saek uv being prisies and othentic. Not far frum this vilij, purhaps
ubout two mielz, ther iz a litul valy or rathur lap uv land umung hy
hilz, wich iz wun uv the quiutust plaesuz in the hoel wurld. A smol
bruuk gliedz thru it, with just murmur inuf tu lul wun tu ripoez; and
the ucaezhunul wisul uv a quael or taping uv a wuudpekur iz olmoest the
oenly sound that evur braeks in upon the uenuform tranquiluty.

*Tapun Ze -
Tappan-Zee

**Greenzburg
- Greensburgh

***St.
Niculus - St. Nicholas

I
reculect that, wen a stripling, my furst exploit in squurl-shooting wuz
in a groev uv tol wolnut-treez that shaedz wun sied uv the valy. I had
wondurd intu it at noontiem, wen ol naechur iz picuelyurly quiut, and
wuz startuld by the ror uv my oen gun, az it broek the Sabuth stilnus
uround and wuz prulongd and rivurburaetud by the angry ecoez. If evur I
shuud wish for a ritreet withur I miet steel frum the wurld and its
distracshunz, and dreem quiutly uway the remnunt uv a trubuld lief, I
no uv nun mor promusing than this litul valy.

Loosud-dh-v
is very easy to learn. It omits the redundant x, k and qu. In this
version, v is used as both vowel and consonant. <Under> vndur.
Vowel-v is always stressed. U is always unstressed except in single
syllable words where stress is irrelevant. This causes the spelling to
look even more unlike traditional text. V used to be used as a
substitute for u in English. It is here resurrected with the added
ability to indicate stress.

DABULING

by
Paul Stought

Written
in Shortrit

042805

The following is a patchwork just to give you an idea of the
appearance of Shortrit. Shortrit requires a working vocabulary for word
recognition so those learning it without said vocabulary will need the
long vowels and stress marked while learning pronunciation and
vocabulary. Diacritics would work for this. I am not promoting Shortrit
but offer it as a sample of what you get when you merge the 'long'
vowels and short vowels in the spelling. I find it easy to read and
spell and it doesn't look too bad either.

The
librery iz a grat plas tu stimyulat ywr intrusts. Just brouzing sumtimz
pruvidz nu intrusts that ma giv hundrudz uv ourz uv plezhur, wethur in
the ryding or in the duing. For the craftsmun, a bwc on sundiulz iz not
only intrusting ryding but stimyulats a dizir tu mac sumthing.

The
librery wuz olso wer the syd wuz plantud for a liftim intrust in
puputry. Ugen, I am just an armcher udvenchurur. Just a litul tu
inhibutud tu join a grup but I lic tu ryd ubout bihind the synz and
sucsesful pruducshunz.

Sundiulz
iz unuthur hoby I found wil brouzing in the librery. I hav spent a lot
uv tim studying and macing sundiulz. Yu dont hav tu get tu dyp but yu
can if yu wont. Ther ar simpul diulz and complecs diulz. Ther is a
"North American Sundial Society". Yu can acses them on the inturnet. In
this da ther iz no practicul nyd for sundiulz but tha ar intrusting
nevur-the-les.

Then
ther ar, bumurangz. Did yu no yu can mac a bumurang that wil fli in a
tit surcul uv ubout fiftyn fyt? Tha dont ol lvc lic the picshur syn
most ofun. Yu can just glu tu pysuz uv thin wvd tugethur in the shap uv
a cros and bevul the top ejuz and thro.

BURTH
UV A HOBY

bi
Paul Stought

Ritun
in Foecsriet

031505

Foecsriet
is a sound based spelling system that depends on the users vocabulary
for stress placement. Two major features of Foecsriet are vowel-y and
vowel-w. We are used to vowel-y but not in stressed positions. W is
used similar to y in Foecsriet in that it is both consonant and vowel.
There is little conflict but the initial knee jerk reaction is expected
to be rejection for both the y in stressed positions and w as a vowel.
They work very well though. The awkwardness indicated should be short
term until familiarity sets in. I have discontinued updating of
Foecsriet since I feel some of my other systems are better without
being too complicated. You could spell v instead of vowel-w if you
prefer. There are only a couple words where there is some minor
ambiguity. <Shelves> shelvz, <solved> solvd. And you don't
have the awkward ww spelling; <wood> wwd, wvd. Still unusual.

Yu
wwd thinc we wwd hav a litul uv evrything but we fiend our taest iz mor
foecust. We hav lots uv bwcs on helth, crafts, hipnutizm, the ucult,
biogrufyz, and art. But very litul uv enything els. Wun very big
problum iz, hou du we fiend a bwc we wont tu ryd? Mi wief bot an Apple
cumpuetur just so she cwd catulog the bwcs. We no we hav it but our
hous iz tu smol tu orguniez the bwcs so we hav tu hunt. We wiend up
going bac tu the liebrery to fiend a bwc we olredy hav in our bwcroom.